Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk

33-37"And don't say anything you don't mean. This counsel is embedded deep in our traditions. You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, 'I'll pray for you,' and never doing it, or saying, 'God be with you,' and not meaning it. You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Just say 'yes' and 'no.' When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong. (Matthew 5 MSG)
Talkin the Talk is easy. Too easy. We can all sound religious, pious, and truthful. BUT, Walking the Walk is a whole other matter. Being religous, pious, and truthful is alot of work. It takes conscious effort. It takes a change of heart. It takes giving our life over to God. Giving over our control. Ohhhh NOOO! Isn't life hard enough? The status quo is so much easier. Yet, think how much easier life would be if we all Talked the Talk and Walked the Walk. Manipulation would be a dead word. Truth would prevail. We know that we can't reach that until eternal life but life here on earth sure would be alot better. So, let us practice Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk until it becomes embedded deep within us. Until it becomes us!